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Name: Nahuatl, Central
Type: Language
Alternate Names: Náhuatl del Centro; Central Aztec; Tlaxcala-Puebla Nahuatl; Central Nawa; Central Nahuatl; Nahuatl (Central); Nahuatl; Mexicano; Aztek
Spoken in: Mexico
Number of speakers: 40,000 (1980 census). 1,000 monolinguals (1990 census). All Nahuatl variety speakers: 1,376,898. Ethnic population: 63,000 (1986) (Ethnologue)
Number of speakers: 395581 (UNESCO)
Code: nhn
Code Standard: ISO 639-3
Documentation: SIL
Families: Uto-Aztecan (Yuta-Nawan)
Parent Subgroup: Aztec; Aztecan; Nawan; Aztecan Subfamily; Aztecold; Nahuan; Nahua; Nahuatlan; Nahuatl; General Aztec (azte)

Endangerment Status


UNESCO Status: Vulnerable

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